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Nithyasree Karthikeyan
🇮🇳FIDE 48742473· Female· India· Born in 2002
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Nithyasree Karthikeyan, a 24-year-old Indian player, is rated 1647 — her current career high. She is climbing fast, having gained +239 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearances: Akshaya Institutions 3rd International Pongal open fide rated chess tournament 2026 and United Educational Institutions and Coimbatore District Chess Association 2nd International Fide rating below 1800 chess tournament 2025. She took a 20-month break between Sep 2023 and Jun 2025.
Current rating
1647
Standard
Rpd1588·Blz—
All-time high
1647
at best
Jun 2026 · age 24
Jun 2026 · age 24
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#129,345
#129,345 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Jun 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1647
at age 24
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+371 Elo)
1060 → 1431
Jun 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 22
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1052 → returned at 1408
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+239
1408 → 1647
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
14/ 2751.9%
11W6D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsArdhra Soloman1,435·Akshaya Institutions 3rd International Pongal open fide rated chess tournament 2026·R6·+21.6
2.[W]vsMohnish Bharathy M B1,559·Dollar City 1st International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R9·+15.0
3.[W]vsRohit Sindhaghatta Vinay1,494·Dollar City 1st International Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament·R4·+11.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/8 | #30 | 1558 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/7 | #140 | 1254 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/2 | #332 | 2384 | -21.2 |
Worst Elo result: United Educational Institutions and Coimbatore District Chess Association 2nd International Fide rating below 1800 chess tournament 2025 (-21.2 Elo, finished #332).
Rankings
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India
#4,310
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#19,165
in continent
World
#129,339
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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